worship service

My Family was discussing a statement from an article that said "The preaching of the gospel of God is the main act of the service—without which it would not be a worship service." Which got me thinking about how much Truth there is to this statement. This then led to me thinking about prayer...

For brothers who are ordained ministers, which benediction do you prefer to pronounce? My pastor regularly does Heb 13:20-21, Eph 3:20-21, and Jude 1:24-25. Before him, I was used to only hearing 2 Cor 13:14 pronounced for benedictions. I'm curious as to what others regularly select for the...

Hello all! I am interested to see if anyone here has gotten their hands on the Sing! hymnal, authored by Keith and Kristyn Getty, published last year by Crossway, and what they think of it so far. Our church purchased a bunch of them to replace some songbooks we had and have been enjoying...

We ought to love God’s worship, but what about when we face impurities in it? Questions abound: Ought one to abstain from every impurity, or may some be participated in? Must one separate from the whole service? (No) This new webpage below goes indepth into these questions and many more...

Some persons say all of life is worship, and see no special significance for the Church’s public worship. Others, often in reaction, hold worship to be only worship ordinances, such as prayer, reading Scripture and singing praise, whether publicly or privately. Both are wrong, according to...

Friends, Reformed worship services have begun in Northwest Georgia under the oversight of Reformation Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing). These services are the beginning of an exploration into the viability of a church plant in the area. Services...

The Orthodox Presbyterian Chuch in America has called for today, Saturday, August 21, 2021, to be a day of prayer and fasting that “we might lament our distress and unworthiness before the Lord, confess our sin, and commit ourselves anew to the faithful service of the Lord our God…” This could...

Anyone who reads the book of Acts will be struck with how simple that standard of apostolic worship was. The more simple the worship is, the more spiritual it will be shown to be, when persons have nothing else to cling to in it but the Word of God laid bare, in the praying, the singing, the...

Happy Lord's Day! Brothers, I ask for help in an issue that left me thoughtful, I believe that uninspired hymns cannot be sung in public worship of the LORD, however in my church sings uninspired-hymns and psalms, what should I do when these hymns are sung? My beloved Church does not reach 20...

Christ's Directives on the Nature of True Worship by Arthur Hildersham (1563-1631) Arthur Hildersham (1563-1631) was a shining light in the puritan party, and celebrated for his exemplary learning and piety as a minister of Jesus Christ. This work is an abridged version of Arthur Hildersham’s...